Executive Committee

  • President:               Sanjay Mathur / University of Cologne
  • President-elect:      Rajendra Bordia / Clemson University
  • Past President:       Elizabeth Dickey / Carnegie Mellon University
  • Treasurer:               Dan Tipsord / Skyworks RF Ceramics/Trans-Tech, Inc.
  • Executive Director: Mark Mecklenborg  / ACerS

Board of Directors

  • Kristin Breder / Saint-Gobain Research North America
  • Darryl Butt / University of Utah
  • Joseph Cesarano / Robocasting Enterprises LLC
  • Olivia Graeve / University of California, San Diego
  • Eva Hemmer / University of Ottawa
  • Shibin Jiang / AdValue Photonics Inc.
  • Makio Naito / Osaka University
  • Marissa Reigel / Savannah River National Laboratory
  • Winnie Wong-Ng / National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  • Fox Thorpe, Student Member / University of California, Davis
  • Stephen Freiman, Parliamentarian / Freiman Consulting, Inc.

Finance Committee

  • Dan Tipsord / Skyworks RF Ceramics/Trans-Tech, Inc.
  • Sanjay Mathur / University of Cologne
  • Rajendra Bordia / Clemson University
  • Elizabeth Dickey / Carnegie Mellon University
  • Shibin Jiang / AdValue Photonics Inc.
  • Monica Ferraris / Politecnico Di Torino - DISAT
  • John Kieffer / University of Michigan
  • Dileep Singh / Argonne National Laboratory

Past Presidents Council

  • 1978: John Wachtman
  • 1988-89: William Rhodes
  • 1989-90: William Payne
  • 1990-91: Robert Eagan
  • 1991-92: Dennis Readey
  • 1994-95: David Johnson
  • 1995-96: Delbert Day
  • 1996-97: Carol Jantzen
  • 1997-98: James McCauley
  • 1998-99: Steven Freiman
  • 1999-00: Paul Becher
  • 2000-01: Robert Oxnard
  • 2001-02: James Houseman
  • 2002-03: Gary Messing
  • 2003-04: Kathryn Logan
  • 2004-05: John Marra
  • 2006-07: Katherine Faber
  • 2007-08: L. David Pye
  • 2008-09: John Kaniuk
  • 2009-10: Edwin Fuller
  • 2010-11: Marina Pascucci
  • 2011-12: George Wicks
  • 2012-13: Richard Brow
  • 2013-14: David Green
  • 2014-15: Kathleen Richardson
  • 2015-16: Mrityunjay Singh
  • 2016-17: William Lee
  • 2017-18: Michael Alexander
  • 2018-19: Sylvia Johnson
  • 2019-20: Tatsuki Ohji
  • 2020-21: Dana Goski
  • 2021-22: Elizabeth Dickey

Nominating Committee

  • 2022-23: Elizabeth Dickey / Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2020-23: Manabu Fukushima / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • 2020-23: Liping Huang / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • 2020-23: Martha Mecartney / University of California, Irvine
  • 2021-24: Edgar Lara-Curzio / Oak Ridge National Lab
  • 2021-24: Clive Randall / Penn State University
  • 2021-24: Jingyang Wang / Shenyang National Laboratory for Material Science-IMR
  • 2022-25: John Kieffer / University of Michigan
  • 2022-25: Bikramjit Basu / IISc Bangalore
  • 2022-25: Val Wiesner / NASA Langley Research Center

Publications Committee

  • 2016-24: David Poerschke, Chair 2018-24 / University of Minnesota
  • 2019-23: Brian Gorman / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2019-23: Adam Stevenson / Saint-Gobain
  • 2020-24: Jessica Krogstad / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • 2020-24: Charmayne Lonergan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 2021-25: Vania Regina Salvini / Federal University of São Carlos UFSCar
  • 2021-25: Vincenzo Sglavo / University of Trento
  • 2022-26: Keith DeCarlo / Blasch Precision Ceramics
  • 2022-26: Jincheng Du / University of North Texas

 

Bulletin Editorial Advisory Board

  • 2019-22: Eliana N. Muccillo / Nuclear & Energy Research Institute
  • 2019-22: Oomman K. Varghese / University of Houston
  • 2020-23: Mike Hill / Trans-Tech Inc
  • 2020-23: Kelley Wilkerson / Missouri Science & Technology University
  • 2021-24: Yakup Gönüllü / Schott AG
  • 2021-24: Scott Cooper / Owens-Illinois, Inc
  • 2022-25: Krista Carlson / University of Nevada, Reno
  • 2022-25: Junichi Tatami / Yokohama National University

Meetings Committee

  • 2019-24: Jessica Rimsza, Chair 2022-24 / Sandia National Laboratories
  • 2020-23: Surojit Gupta / University of North Dakota
  • 2020-23: Nobuhito Imanaka / Osaka University
  • 2020-23: Doris Möncke / Alfred University
  • 2021-24: B. Reeja Jayan / Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2021-24: Yiquan Wu / Alfred University
  • 2021-26: Matthew Dickerson / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2022-26: Roger Narayan / North Carolina State University

Member Services Committee

  • 2020-24: Lisa Rueschhoff, Chair 2020-24 / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2020-23: Emmanuel Maillet / GE Research
  • 2019-23: Surojit Gupta / University of North Dakota
  • 2020-24: Kevin Fox / Savanah River National Laboratory
  • 2020-24: Scott McCormack / University of California, Davis
  • 2021-25: Lavina Backman / U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
  • 2021-25: Corinne Packard / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2022-26: Sandrine Ricote / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2022-26: Federico Smeacetto / Politecnico do Torino
  • 2022-24: Theresa Davey / Tohoku University, Chair Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Sub-committee

Diversity and Inclusion Sub-Committee

  • 2021-24: Theresa Davey, Chair 2022-24 / Tohoku University
  • 2020-25: Margeaux Wallace / GE Research
  • 2021-24: Kaline Furlan / Technische Universitaet Hamburg-Harburg
  • 2022-25: Amitabha Kumar /Solidia Technologies
  • 2021-23: Olivia Brandt, PCSA Rep / Purdue University
  • 2022-24: Fox Thorpe, PCSA Rep / University of California, Davis
  • 2022-24: Lavina Backman, YPN Member / Naval Research Laboratory
  • 2021-24: Lisa Rueschhoff, Member Services Comm Chair / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2022-23: Gurpreet Singh, Awards Comm Chair / Kansas State University
  • 2021-23: Greg Rohrer, Awards Comm / Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2022-23: Monica Ferraris, ACerS BOD / Politecnico Di Torino
  • 2022-24: Kristin Breder, Multi-Society Diversity Council / Saint-Gobain Research North America

Society Awards Committee

  • 2022-24: Gurpreet Singh, Chair 2022-23 / Kansas State University
  • 2021-23: Greg Rohrer / Carnegie Mellon University

Distinguished Life Members Sub-Committee

  • 2018-23: Marina Pascucci, Chair 2022-23 / CeraNova Corporation
  • 2019-24: Amar Bhalla / University of Texas at San Antonio
  • 2020-25 Katherine Faber / Cal Tech
  • 2021-26: Dawn Bonnell / University of Pennsylvania
  • 2022-27: Mrityunjay Singh / OAI, NASA

Panel of Fellows Sub-Committee

  • 2022-23: Dileep Singh, Chair
  • 2022-25: Martha Mecartney / Art, Archaeology & Conservation Science Division / University of California, Irvine
  • 2017-23: Karren More / Basic Science Division / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • 2021-24: Bikramjit Basu / Bioceramics Division / IISc Bangalore
  • 2018-23: Jeffrey Bullard / Cements Division / University of Illinois
  • 2021-24: Paul Clem / Electronics Division / Sandia National Laboratories
  • 2021-24: Scott Misture / Energy Materials and Systems Division / Alfred University
  • 2015-24: Dileep Singh, Engineering Ceramics Division / Argonne National Laboratory
  • 2022-25:                    Glass & Optical Materials Division
  • 2015-24: Bill Carty / Manufacturing Division / Alfred University
  • 2022-25: Jeff Smith /Refractory Ceramics Division / Missouri University of Science & Technology
  • 2019-22: Mike Alexander / Structural Clay Products / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
  • 2017-23: Geoff Brennecka / Education and Professional Development Council / Colorado School of Mines

Orton Memorial Lecture Sub-Committee

  • 2020-23: Kazumi Kato / AIST; Chair 2022-23
  • 2020-24: Yoon-Bong Hahn / Chonbuk National University
  • 2020-25:
  • 2021-26: Juan Nino / University of Florida
  • 2022-27: Reginaldo Muccillo / IPEN

Ross Coffin Purdy Award Sub-Committee

  • 2018-23: Kathleen Richardson, Chair 2022-2023 / University of Central Florida
  • 2019-24: Lisa Klein / Rutgers University
  • 2020-25: Xingbo Liu / West Virginia University
  • 2021-26: Brady Gibbons / Oregon State University
  • 2022-23: Tatsuki Ohji / AIST

John Jeppson Award Sub-Committee

  • 2019-22: Jie Zhang, Chair 2022-23 / Institute of Metal Research
  • 2019-27: Katalin Balazsi / Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2021-25: Lane Martin / University of California at Berkeley
  • 2021-26: Carolina Tallon / Virginia Tech
  • 2022-27: Amjad Almansour / NASA-John Glenn Research Center

Coble Award Sub-Committee

  • 2018-23: Charles Lewinsohn, Chair 2022-23 / Rational Solutions, LLC
  • 2019-24: Elizabeth Hoffman / Savannah River National Lab
  • 2020-25: Matthew Creedon / Washington Mills North Grafton, Inc
  • 2021-26: Javier Garay / University of California, San Diego
  • 2022-27: Emanuel Ionescu / TU Darmstadt

Frontiers of Science & Society Rustum Roy Lecture Sub-Committee

  • 2020-23: Beth Opila, Chair 2022-23 / University of Virginia
  • 2020-24: Young-Wook Kim / University of Seoul
  • 2020-25: Olivia Graeve / University of California, San Diego
  • 2021-26: Susan Trolier-McKinstry / Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-27: Subhash Risbud / University of California, Davis

W. David Kingery Award Sub-Committee

  • 2019-23: Hui-Suk Yun, Chair 2022-23  / Korea Institute of Materials Science
  • 2020-25: Ryan O’Hayre / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2021-25: Jon Ihlefeld / University of Virginia
  • 2021-26: Hui (Claire) Xiong / Boise State University
  • 2022-27 Zhengyi Fu / Wuhan University of Technology

Spriggs Phase Equilibria Award Sub-Committee

  • 2019-23: Yiquan Wu, Chair 2022-23 / Alfred University
  • 2020-25: James Bennett / National Energy Technology Lab
  • 2021-25: Igor Levin / NIST
  • 2021-26: Christina Rost / James Madison University
  • 2022-27: Ravi Kumar / Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Richard M. Fulrath Awards Sub-Committee

  • 2019-24: Michael Halbig, Chair 2022-24 / NASA Glenn Research Center
  • 2018-23: Kiyoshi Shimamura / National Institute for Materials Science
  • 2020-25: Junichi Tatami / Yokohama National University
  • 2021-26: Jon-Paul Maria / Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-27: Gregory Morscher / University of Akron

Corporate Environmental Achievement Award Sub-Committee

  • 2020-23: Jed Lee, Chair 2022-23 / Meridian Brick
  • 2020-24: Dawn Mandich / Superior Technical Ceramics
  • 2020-25: Keith DeCarlo / Blasch Precision Ceramics
  • 2021-26: Lalit Sharma / Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute
  • 2022-27: Csaba Balazsi / Centre for Energy Research, ELKH

Corporate Technical Achievement Award Sub-Committee

  • 2020-23: Steven Ashlock, Chair 2022-23 / Kyanite Mining Corporation
  • 2020-24: Jenny Wang / AdValue Technology LLC
  • 2020-25: Mark Snyder / Almatis, Inc
  • 2021-26: Geoff Brennecka / Colorado School of Mines
  • 2022-27: Dana Goski / Allied Mineral Products

Darshana and Arun Varshneya Frontiers of Glass Lectures Committee

  • 2020-23: Delia Brauer, Chair 2022-23 / Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • 2020-24: Zhengyi Fu / Wuhan University of Technology
  • 2020-25: Manoj Mahapatra / University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • 2021-26: Charmayne Lonergan / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • 2022-27: Aldo Boccaccini / Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg Inst. of Biomtrls

Du-Co Ceramics Young Professional Award Committee

  • 2022-23: Ashley Hampton, Allied Mineral Products
  • 2022-24: Lisa Rueschhoff / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2022-23: Kathleen Cissel / UES at Air Force Research Laboratory

Medal for Advancement in Ceramic Technology Award Committee

  • 2018-23: Stuart Hampshire, Chair 2022-23 / University of Limerick
  • 2019-24: Sudipta Seal / University of Central Florida
  • 2020-25: B. Reeja Jayan / Carnegie Mellon University
  • 2021-26: Christine Heckle / Corning, Inc
  • 2022-27: Makio Naito / Osaka University

Geijsbeek PACRIM International Award Committee

  • 2019-23: Mrityunjay Singh / OAI, NASA
  • 2019-23: Sungwook Mhin. KCerS
  • 2019-23: Soshu Kirihara, CerSJ
  • 2021-25: Tatsuki Ohji / AIST
  • 2021-25: Michael Halbig / NASA

Global Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee

  • 2019-23: Winnie Kwai Wong-Ng / NIST
  • 2020-24: Matthew Lambert / Allied Mineral Products, LLC
  • 2021-25: Nicola Perry / University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
  • 2022-27: Bikramjit Basu /  IISc Bangalore

Navrotsky Award for Experimental Thermodynamics of Solids Sub-Committee

  • 2018-23: Hans Seifert, Chair 2022-23 / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • 2019-24: Gustavo Costa / Vantage Parnters, LLC, NASA
  • 2020-25: Pavel Mogilevsky / UES, Inc.
  • 2021-26: Scott Misture / Alfred University
  • 2022-27: Girish Kale / University of Leeds

Rishi Raj Medal for Innovation and Commercialization in Ceramics Sub-Committee

  • 2020-23:  Olivier Guillon, Chair 2022-23 / Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
  • 2020-24: Hidehiro Yoshida / University of Tokyo
  • 2020-25: Federico Rosei / INRS
  • 2021-26: John Ballatto / Clemson University
  • 2022-27: Cristina Balagna / Politecnico di Torino

ECerS-ACerS Joint Award

  • 2019-22: Dana Goski / Allied Mineral Products, Inc.
  • 2019-22: Helen Chan / Lehigh University
  • 2019-22: Sanjay Mathur / University of Cologne
  • 2019-22: Francis Cambier / European Ceramic Society
  • 2019-22: Richard Todd / University of Oxford
  • 2019-22: Pavol Sajgalik / Slovak Academy of Sciences

Strategic Planning & Emerging Opportunities Committee

  • 2022-23: Raj Bordia, Chair and President-elect / Clemson University
  • 2022-23:  Monica Ferraris, President-elect nominee / Politecnico Di Torino
  • 2018-24: David Poerschke, Publications Committee Chair / University of Minnesota
  • 2022-24: Jessica Rimsza, Meetings Committee Chair / Sandia National Laboratories
  • 2020-24: Lisa Rueschhoff, Member Services Committee Chair / Air Force Research Laboratory
  • 2020-23: Victoria Blair / US Army Research Lab
  • 2021-24: Clive Randall / Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-25: Claire Xiong / Boise State University
  • 2022-25: Surojit Gupta / University of North Dakota

Material Advantage Committee

  • Edmund Moore / United States Air Force
  • Marissa Reigel / Saint-Gobain
  • R. Allen Kimel / The Pennsylvania State University
  • Amanda Krause / University of Florida

ABET Representatives

  • Janet Callahan / Michigan Technological University
  • Harrie Stevens / Alfred University (retired)
  • Bill Mullins / U.S. Navy
  • Alix Clare / New York State College of Ceramics
  • William Hammetter / retired
  • Grant Norton / Washington State University
  • Gillian Bond

Young Professionals Network

  • 2021-23: Ashley Hampton, Co-chair / Allied Mineral Products, LLC
  • 2022-24: Christopher Kassner, Co-chair / UES, Inc.

Education and Professional Development Council

  • 2021-23: Krista Carlson, Co-chair / University of Nevada, Reno
  • 2022-24: Steven Naleway, Co-chair / The University of Utah

Humanitarian Activities Network

  • Ian Nettleship, Co-chair / University of Pittsburgh
  • Victoria Christensen, Co-chair / University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Clive Randall / Pennsylvania State University
  • Michael Alexander / Allied Mineral Products, LLC
  • Amanda Krause / University of Florida
  • Geoff Brennecka / Colorado School of Mines
  • Kathleen Richardson / University of Central Florida
  • Jon Binner / University of Birmingham
  • Michael Spencer / North Carolina State University

Presidents Council of Student Advisors

  • 2022-23: Fox Thorpe / PCSA Chair / University of California, Davis
  • 2022-23: Michael Thuis / PCSA Vice Chair / Northwestern University
  • 2022-23: Elia Zancan / Communications Committee Chair / University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)
  • 2022-23: Nathan McIlwaine / Education Committee Chair / The Pennsylvania State University
  • 2022-23: Stuart Ness / Conference Programming and Competitions Committee Chair / University of California, Davis
  • 2022-23: Donovan Moses / Recruitment and Retention Committee Chair / Clemson University
  • 2022-23: Kartik Nemani / Professional Development Committee Chair / Indiana University
  • Victoria Blair / Mentor-at-Large / US Army Research Laboratory